I had to take an unplanned break "thanks" to my ISP, but now I am back with full power. In recent months we read some really disappointing news about the BRIC countries (Brasil, Russia, India and China). In the…
I must confess that Honma Golf is a big enigma for me and I guess for many other golfers. We hardly read about Honma golf clubs in golf magazines. Honma golf clubs are handmade one-by-one. You can imagine their…
In two months (November 8., 2013)Titleist will launch officially many new irons: AP1 and AP2 (714 Series) irons; CB and MB irons (714 Series). I think from golfer point of view the new AP1 and AP2 irons are…
I've got a feeling that social commerce is still in its infancy. The daily deal business has turned out be a tough one for companies like Groupon or LivingSocial. Both of them are struggeling in their own way. LivingSocial…
As I wrote in my previous post about TaylorMade, dollar and unit sales of irons in May were the highest since June 2008 (unit sales) and May 2007 (dollar sales) according to Golf Datatech. For the month, iron sales…
It has been a while when I heard that Wilson Staff won a PGA Championship. Without any particular reason I keep my finger crossed for Wilson Staff. This why I am happy to report about a Wilson Staff…
First when I saw Swingbyte, I thought it is another golf club fitting tool, like TaylorMade's R1 tunning application or Ping's iPing application. Then I had to realize that this is not exactly a golf club fitting tool, rather…
TaylorMade-adidas Golf (TMaG), the largest and most profitable golf equipment, apparel and footwear company in the world, announced at the beginning of this month, Q2 sales of $454M (EUR 348M). During unseasonably poor weather across the globe leading…
Don't worry! Ian Poulter didn't lose his mind. I am just kidding. As far as I can remember we don't hear too much about Ian Poulter neither about Club Car, beside some sponsorship (Puma Golf (aka Cobra Golf),…
Patrick Reed is a rookie at Callaway Golf. He joined Callaway Golf 3 month ago in May. As a rookie, he has made 8 of 9 tournament cuts and secured 4 of his season's five TOP-10 finishes, none…
We are witnessing an explosive growth in spikeless golf shoes in the first quarter of 2013. Golf Datatech says although spikeless golf shoes have a 35% market share (triple what it was in January 2011), 90% who are…
My girlfriend has just returned from Toronto, Canada. She brought me a very interesting and unique book written by Harry Vardon: The gist of golf. The book was written and printed in 1922. Harry Vardon wrote it in a…
Time to time, I ask myself, whether Rory McIlroy could earn more money by winning tournaments and championships with his previous Titleist golf clubs or as it is today, when we see him struggling on the green. Last…
TaylorMade introduced in 2011their new driver, the R1 driver. First day offered it white and then this May in black. Personally, I prefer the black one because it gives the feeling of a powerful driver. I like TaylorMade R1…
Two weeks ago I promised you that I will ask Linda Quinde, Executive Vice President of Operations at Ezlinks.com to share with us what do they think about the dynamic pricing model and how they want to incorporate it into their software. We’re…
Brandt Snedeker seems to perform well just like in 2012. After winning the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in February, yesterday he won (70-69-63-70-272 total) the RBC Canadian Open. This was the sixth career PGA TOUR victory for Brandt Snedeker. With the…
A frequently recurring problem of golf courses and golfers are those people who either not able to play in good pace or don't care about others' time or for any reasons. Here I don't want to start a…
For offline media planners dynamic bidding for GRP (Gross Rating Point: is a term used in advertising to measure the size of an audience reached by a specific media or schedule) is not a new thing. In the last 4 years in the…
Dynamic pricing has just arrived to the golf industry. Some golf clubs are already using this pricing model, like the Bent Creek Golf Club. This pricing model is not a new idea, it is widely used in the…
Golf club membership retention and golf participation are two hot topics more than ever. When I was planning what to write in this post, some guesses went through my head. Is there a problem with the green fee…